--------for "Rick Blaine" and other illiterates
The Summer 2012 issue of TOS is at press andwill be mailed shortly. The online, e-book, and audio versions will be accessible to subscribers beginning June 20, 25, and 30 respectively. For promotional purposes, my essay "Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand's Morality of Egoism" is accessible for free. The contents of the Summer issue are:
ARTICLES
"Why Marxism? Evil Laid Bare"
C. Bradley Thompson
Examines key ideas that have driven Marxists and socialists—from Asian and European dictators to American college professors—to enact or advocate an ideology that is historically and philosophically pureevil.
"How Would Government Be Funded in a Free Society?"
Craig Biddle
Lays out evidence in support of the fact that, in a freesociety, people would voluntarily pay to support a properly limited, rights-protecting government; and discusses the essential means by which they would do so.
"Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand's Morality of Egoism"
Craig Biddle
Provides a myth-busting introduction to the Objectivist ethics. (Does not contain spoilers about the novel.)
"Steve Simpson on Continuing Threats to Corporate Free Speech"
Interviewed by Ari Armstrong
Mr. Simpson surveys the continuing threats to corporate freedom of speech, discusses the essential elements in the battle to defend it, and sheds much light on the fundamentals of an otherwise nightmarishly complex political mess.
"Painter Bryan Larsen on His Artwork and Ideas"
Interviewed by Craig Biddle
Mr. Larsen discusses his work, how he became a painter, who and what inspires him, and why his subjects always look so purposeful. Includes ten high-resolution images of his paintings.
FILM REVIEWS
The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon
Reviewed by C. A. Wolski
Act of Valor, directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh
Reviewed by Andrew Bernstein
BOOK REVIEWS
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, by Ward Farnsworth
Reviewed by Daniel Wahl
The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the SecularState, byIsaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore
Reviewed by Hannah Krening
DEPARTMENTS
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Also, be sure to visit TOS Blog—the source for daily commentary from an Objectivist perspective.
Enjoy!
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